All along, Magic CEO Alex Martins has said he hoped to have Smith’s successor in place within seven to 10 days of the NBA draft on June 28. In the meantime, the Magic’s current assistant general manager, Dave Twardzik, has continued to lead the team’s draft preparation, just as he did during Smith’s tenure.

The Magic are expected to make a hire no later than the end of this workweek.

It’s unclear what the hire’s exact title will be and how the basketball operations department will be structured.